faqs

I have never used a forum before, having spent my life getting information from printed books, but why is there no equivalent to a book's index in the form of a FAQ section? It seems to me it would save a lot of repetition. Sometimes people ask virtually the same question in the same day.

There's no need of a FAQ section is there? The questions come in or the comments do as and when they occur. Also a "newby" has a personal answer to his or her question and we get to know that person that way. It doesn't really matter if a question is repeated. They're not being asked for the sake of it. Besides, someone different may answer with a slightly different perspective. I dont mind of a question is duplicated. The answers come in the form of conversation. this is an informal spontaneous forum.....don't like the idea of a reference section. Sorry Waterbutts.

It's nice to ask, I know I've asked things that have been proberly covered before. If everyone looked up their problem in FAQ's found the answer, and never posted it would no longer be a forum and more of a wiki.

Yesterday there was a post about sweetpea's he had 3 posts on this forum and someone told them to go to a FAQ for sweetpea, their comment was so rude and not friendly at all, it almost made me mad, and that coming from someone with thousands of posts is disgusting.